Dotal property
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DOTAL PROPERTY. By the civil law, and in Louisiana, by this term is understood that property, which the wife brings to the husband to assist him in bearing the expenses of the marriage establishment. Civil Code of Lo. art. 2315. Vide Extradotal property.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.